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Destination Tokyo

1943Movie2 h 15 minNR

Drama
60
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic65–Rotten Tomatoes67%66%
60
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic65–Rotten Tomatoes67%66%

Summary

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

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  • Teens
  • Pure escapism

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  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Gets your pulse racing.

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Artistic License – Historyin 3,078 titlesThere's the whole business about a submarine being in Tokyo Bay before the Doolittle Raid, and the sinking of a Japanese aircraft carrier when the first Japanese carrier to be sunk in the war didn't…Cunning Linguistin 283 titlesLt. Raymond is brought along on a surveillance mission because (although he is not Asian) he grew up in Japan.All 19 tropes

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